Stability and reliability of lateral GaN power field-effect transistors

JA Del Alamo, ES Lee - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
GaN electronics constitutes a revolutionary technology with power handling capabilities that
amply exceed those of Si and other semiconductors in many applications. RF, microwave …

Breakdown mechanisms in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs: an overview

G Meneghesso, M Meneghini… - Japanese Journal of …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the physical mechanisms responsible for breakdown current in
AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). Through a critical comparison …

Ionizing radiation damage effects on GaN devices

SJ Pearton, F Ren, E Patrick, ME Law… - ECS Journal of solid …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Gallium Nitride based high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are attractive for use in high
power and high frequency applications, with higher breakdown voltages and two …

Reliability and failure analysis in power GaN-HEMTs: An overview

M Meneghini, I Rossetto, C De Santi… - 2017 IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power GaN transistors have recently demonstrated to be excellent devices for application in
power electronics. The high breakdown field and the superior mobility of the 2-dimensional …

Dehydrogenation of defects and hot-electron degradation in GaN high-electron-mobility transistors

YS Puzyrev, T Roy, M Beck, BR Tuttle… - Journal of Applied …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Degradation mechanisms limiting the electrical reliability of GaN high-electron-mobility
transistors (HEMTs) are generally attributed to defect generation by hot-electrons but …

Donor and acceptor characteristics of native point defects in GaN

Z **e, Y Sui, J Buckeridge, CRA Catlow… - Journal of Physics D …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The semiconducting behaviour and optoelectronic response of gallium nitride is governed
by point defect processes, which, despite many years of research, remain poorly …

Enhanced robustness against hot-electron-induced degradation in active-passivation p-GaN gate HEMT

J Yang, J Wei, Y Wu, J Yu, J Cui, X Yang, X Liu… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The hot-electron-related reliability is an important issue for GaN power devices under harsh
operation condition or environment. These high-energy electrons can scatter toward the …

Multiple defects cause degradation after high field stress in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

R Jiang, X Shen, J Fang, P Wang… - … on Device and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gate and drain bias dependences of hot carrier degradation are evaluated for AlGaN/GaN
HEMTs fabricated via two different process methods. Both positive and negative threshold …

Theory of space charge limited currents

XG Zhang, ST Pantelides - Physical review letters, 2012 - APS
Space-charge-limited currents are important in energy devices such as solar cells and light-
emitting diodes, but the available theory from the 1950s finds it necessary to postulate defect …

[HTML][HTML] Low-frequency noise and defects in AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs pseudomorphic high-electron mobility transistors

XY Luo, A O'Hara, X Li, PF Wang, EX Zhang… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Current–voltage characteristics and low-frequency (LF) noise of industrial-quality
AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistors are evaluated as a …